Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908

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Index Abernethy, Arthur, 175–76 Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.: and fantasies of presidency, 4, 150–51 Adams, H., 95 Adams, John, 9; belief in power of political dependence, 10 Agency, limits of historians’ granting of, 7, 230 (n. 8) Alcohol: politics of, 137, 159–60, 169, 207–11; relation to white supremacy, 209–11; national movement against, 210–11; and growth of government, 211 Alderman, Edwin: and university men, 188–91 Aldrich, Mrs. L. S., 136 American Social Science Association, 151 Ames, Adelbert, 117 Ancrum, Edward, pardon plea of, 127 Anderson, Mary, response to Union troops of, 21 Andrew, John A.: lobbies for black regiments , 60 Andrews, Mary F.: and curse of independence , 26–27 Andrews, Sidney, 84 Apprenticeship: under Freedmen’s Bureau , 96 Arrington, Pattie, 137–38 Arthur, Chester, 141 Austin, Charity, 43, 73 Autonomy, limitations of, 2, 3, 26, 66– 70, 74, 219–20 Aycock, Charles B.: inauguration of, 185; among university men, 188–91; and popular racism, 193, 196; and reform of pardons and divorces, 206–7; and alcohol prohibition, 209–10 Backus, Jane: and pleas for help, 148 Banks, Mrs. George N.: begs for help, 156 Barbour, Mary: flees to New Bern, 54 Barden, Sarah A.: asks for help from Vance, 37 Bennett, Emma, plea from, 149 Best, Mose, lynching of, 162 Biblical language, political uses of, 6, 229 (n. 7); and condescension, 27, 33– 34; and pleas to throne of grace, 28– 29; and cry of the poor, 34–35; and tender mercy, 38–39; and petitions to heaven, 65; and concept of ‘‘Master,’’ 71; and terror to evildoers, 109; and God who overrules all, 119–20; and friend unseen, 120–21, 248 (n. 34); and power of ‘‘Divine Master,’’ 128; and vision of God as king, 139–42; Thanksgiving as key site for, 140–41; and special petitions to heaven, 148; and pleas to Duke family, 172; and [338] Index sacralization of silver, 177–78; and pleas after Wilmington massacre, 204–5; and alcohol prohibition, 208– 11; and appeals to Franklin Roosevelt, 215–16; in modern politics, 218 Bigelow, Albert, 181 Birdsall, S. H., 95–96 Black Code, 84 Blaine, James, 152 Bollinger, Michael: asks for bread for family, 32 Boner, Johnson: asks for help from Vance, 37 Booth, John Wilkes, 81 Bowe, William B., 93, 94, 124 Boyle, A. H., request for discharge for, 37 Boyle, Richard: petition to Lincoln, 67– 69 Bread riots, 27–28 Brogden, Curtis H., 128 Brown, Joseph, 105 Brown, Michael: and Salisbury bread riots, 27 Bryan, Frederick J., request for discharge for, 35–36 Bryan, William Jennings: popular calls upon, 4, 5; and 1896 election, 168, 176–78; popular views of, 176–78, 214; and evangelical language, 177– 78; and namesakes, 178 Buck, Williamson, 7, 11, 112, 122–23, 126, 128–29 Bureaucrats: as obstacles to assistance, 26, 67 Burnside, Ambrose: invasion of North Carolina, 18, 51, 56, 57; and William Henry Singleton, 53 Butler, Benjamin: devises policy for contraband , 18, 47–51; defines freedom, 61; receives petition, 66–67 Butler, Marion: and management of Populism, 173, 176, 178, 261 (n. 17) Caldwell, Franklin: and geography of power, 127 Caldwell, Tod, 7, 126–29 Cameron, Simon, 48 Carnegie, Andrew: as site for fantasy, 171 Carr, Elias: pardons, 146–47; as celebrity , 157; and Farmers’ Alliance, 170– 71, 173 Carr, Julian S., 157 Chase, Salmon, 82 Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 140–41 Chesnut, James, 15 Citizenship: compatibility of subjecthood and, 1, 2, 9, 33–34, 98, 114, 129, 134, 137, 156 Civil service reform, 4, 147–56, 253 (n. 24) Civil War: impact of, 1, 2, 4, 5, 10–11, 17, 232 (n. 13); relief programs and, 4, 17, 25; coming of, 15–16; North Carolina ’s role in, 16–17; Union invasion of North Carolina in, 17, 18, 51; conscription policies during, 17, 19–20; and breakdown of slave control, 19, 20, 21, 24; prompts Confederate appeals for help, 22–40; and conflicts between state and Confederate government , 23; shortages and, 25; desertion during, 29–30; popular visions of the Confederacy during, 35–37; impact of Union actions upon slaves, 44, 45, 50, 74; and veterans’ benefits, 157–58 Clark, Charles, 150 Clark, Henry Toole: and the limits of state government, 22 Clark, Walter: as celebrity endorser, 157 Index [339] Cleveland, Grover: popular calls upon, 4, 214; and civil service, 147–56; and silver standard, 166 Clinton, Bill, 219 Clopton, William H.: and former...